May 23, 2013 – 5:06 pm by Symon
In an article for the latest issue of Earth & Economy, Sunniva Taylor explores resources for people wanting to help each other to have a more positive impact on the Earth. Most Friends are convinced that climate change is a serious issue and that part of the solution is for us all to reduce our [...]
May 23, 2013 – 4:32 pm by Symon
In an article for the latest issue of Earth & Economy, Suzanne Ismail gives an update. The UK-Dutch multinational Unilever has become the latest company to distance itself from the illegal Israeli settlements.After years of civil society pressure, the company announced that it had moved productionin its Beigal and Beigal subsidiary from the Barkan Industrial [...]
May 23, 2013 – 3:56 pm by Symon
In this article from the latest issue of Earth & Economy, Sunniva Taylor explores ideas for food systems based on the needs of producers, consumers and the Earth – not on the profits of corporations. What did you eat for breakfast? How was it made, and where? Who grew the grain or the fruit? Do [...]
May 23, 2013 – 1:49 pm by Symon
Friends House Restaurant has been awarded the title of “London Sustainable Restaurant of the Year” by the Sustainable Restaurant Association. It was awarded the prize in February for offering food that reflects its Quaker values, using fairly traded, local, organic, free range and sustainable products. Friends House Restaurant has two meat-free days each week – [...]
May 23, 2013 – 1:34 pm by Symon
Quakers around Britain have been finding creative ways of speaking out for a more just and sustainable economy. In an article from the latest issue of Earth & Economy, Symon Hill gives some examples. Manchester Friend Alan Pinch cycled to George Osborne’s constituency office at Christmas to give him a copy of the Charles Dickens [...]
May 23, 2013 – 12:56 pm by Symon
The poorest people in Britain are being forced to pay over the odds for food and fuel. In an article from the latest issue of Earth & Economy, Symon Hill reports on calls for change from Church Action on Poverty. A “poverty premium” means that food, fuel, furniture and funerals cost the most for people [...]
May 23, 2013 – 12:39 pm by Symon
Are you engaged in a sustainability project which needs support? Quaker Peace & Social Witness (QPSW) has small grants to give away to Quaker (or Quaker-supported) projects focused on sustainability – whether that be cutting carbon, connecting people to the Earth, engaging in politics, speaking out or challenging unsustainable and unjust economics. A maximum of [...]
May 23, 2013 – 12:27 pm by Symon
Quakers are among participants in the Pilgrimage for Peace and Economic Justice – a walk from the Scottish island of Iona to the Houses of Parliament in London. Organisers are expecting the journey to take 61 days, walking from 19 May to 21 July. Some participants will join in for particular weeks or days rather [...]
May 23, 2013 – 12:15 pm by Symon
Human rights, decent work for all and a low-carbon economy are among the aims of a new Europe-wide alliance working for fairer trade. The Alternative Trade Mandate (ATM) includes over fifty organisations from across the continent. Among the founders is the Trade Justice Movement, to which Quaker Peace & Social Witness is affiliated. Other members [...]
May 23, 2013 – 11:51 am by Symon
Welcome to Friends in Action, a regular feature of the Earth & Economy newsletter. In this issue, we hear from Quakers overseas. In the USA, the Earth Quaker Action Team (EQAT) is challenging financial support for destructive coal mining. We asked Eileen Flanagan of EQAT to tell us more. What is the Earth Quaker Action [...]
